Serial Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author
Arian Simone: Biography at a Glance
- Arian Simone is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, best-selling author, and international speaker.
- She is the Co-Founder and General Partner of the Fearless Fund, the nation’s first venture-capital (VC) firm run by women of color that invests exclusively in tech and consumer-goods companies owned by women of color.
- She has over 17 years of entrepreneurial experience from pioneering and growing a successful PR and marketing firm that included billion-dollar corporate clients, such as Sony Pictures, Walt Disney, Universal, and more.
- She is also on the board of directors for fashion brand Steve Madden.
- Arian founded the Fearless Platform, a venture capital fund focused on women of color-led businesses, with a mission of inspiring entrepreneurial women.
- Arian was crowned Queen Wa (“the blessing”) of the village of Dawa in the Ivory Coast of West Africa community investment after opening the Arian Simone Fearless Leadership Academy with The ProSeed Foundation whose mission is to build elementary schools in remote villages of West Africa.
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Arian Simone is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, best-selling author, and international speaker. Arian is the Co-Founder and General Partner of the Fearless Fund, a $25MM venture capital fund investing in women of color-led businesses seeking pre-seed, seed level, or series A financing. Fearless Fund partnered with peer coaching platform The Cru and the Tory Burch Foundation for a multi-phase program that will provide grants between the size of $10,000 - $20,000, resources, and peer coaching services to women of color-led businesses. Arian is also on the board of directors for the fashion brand Steve Madden.
She received her MBA from Florida A&M University and has over 17 years of entrepreneurial experience from pioneering and growing a successful PR and marketing firm that included billion-dollar corporate clients, such as Sony Pictures, Walt Disney, Universal, and more to founding the Fearless Platform in 2010 with a mission of inspiring entrepreneurial women.
